On 25 March 2022, the 344th session of the ILO Governing Body will elect the next Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO). The candidate supported by the European Union and its Member States is Muriel Pénicaud, former French Minister of Labour. "Ms Pénicaud brings wide experience in four key areas that we consider crucial for the position of Director General of ILO,' states Ambassador Lotte Knudsen, Head of the EU Delegation to the UN in Geneva. ‘She has worked in the (…)